Fujian people like to eat the following six kinds of dishes:

1. Fuzhou cuisine: sweet, sour and light

Fuzhou cuisine originated in Fujian, China The offshoot of Fujian cuisine in Fuzhou is one of the mainstream of Fujian cuisine. It is characterized by sweet, sour and light taste. It pays special attention to the cooking of soup. There is a saying that "one soup changes ten times". The cooking methods are boiling, steaming, Stir-frying, simmering, and stewing are the most common. Typical seasonings commonly used in Fuzhou cuisine include shrimp oil, red glutinous rice, etc.

2. Southern Fujian cuisine: light taste, suitable for sour and sweet taste

Minnan cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China, and Southern Fujian cuisine is an important part of it. Southern Fujian cuisine is fresh and crispy, focusing on The soup has a light taste, suitable sweet and sour taste, a combination of Chinese and Western styles, and the variations are endless. Its cooking techniques are diverse, including deep-frying, stir-frying, boiling, stewing, stewing, pan-frying, stewing, fire-cooking, fire-working, pouring, steaming, etc.

3. Hakka cuisine: salty, fat and cooked

Hakka cuisine is mainly popular in Longyan, Sanming and Zhangzhou in Fujian. The formation of the flavor of Hakka cuisine is related to the formation of the ancient Hakka ethnic group. Inseparable, the traditional Hakka signature dishes are: Braised pork with pickled vegetables, salt-baked chicken, Hakka stuffed tofu, pork belly stuffed with chicken, stuffed bitter melon, western Fujian eight dried beans, Poon Choi, four-star moon, taro buns, taro buns Dumplings, etc.

4. Puxian cuisine: fresh and elegant, slightly sweet

The famous flavor dishes of Puxian cuisine are inherited from the long history, with unique cultural heritage and variety. There are many, the main ones include the famous fried rice noodles, "lychee meat", braised tofu, jumping fish tofu, dried mutton (braised), protein flat food and so on.

5. Northern Fujian cuisine: spicy, salty and fresh

Northern Fujian is rich in specialties, has a long history and developed culture. It is a place rich in delicious food, rich in mountain forest resources, and humid The subtropical climate provides sufficient conditions for northern Fujian to produce various mountain delicacies. The main representative dishes include Bagua Banquet, Wen Gong Cuisine, Manting Banquet, Snake Banquet, Tea Banquet, Shabu-boiled Rabbit Meat, Smoked Goose, Dried Carp, Longfeng Soup, Shisha Cizi, Stir-fried Winter Bamboo Shoots, etc.

Traditional specialty snacks

Traditional specialty snacks include: Fuzhou fish balls, taro paste, pot side paste, sea oyster cake, taro cake, nine-layer cake, light cake, meat floss, green onion Meat cakes, meat swallows, noodles, fried meat cakes, spring cakes, spinach cakes, etc. At the "Weizhongwei" snack bar, you can taste various traditional snacks in Fuzhou. But the most popular snack bars on the streets of Fuzhou are Shaxian Snacks.

Shaxian is the name of a place in Fujian. Shaxian snacks were brought by people from this place. They mainly sell noodles, stew pots, flat meat and various braised foods. This kind of snack bar has a small appearance, but it is a must-try place when traveling in Fuzhou.

Fuzhou’s vegetarian dishes are also very famous. They are made from plant foods such as gluten, tofu skin, tofu tendons, winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and fungus. They are processed skillfully, cooked well, and taste very good. Many temples and restaurants in Fuzhou serve vegetarian dishes, among which Gushan Yongquan Temple’s vegetarian dishes are the most famous. There are more than 30 kinds of famous vegetarian dishes: "Nanhai Golden Lotus", "Half Moon Sinking River", "Shigu Three Delicacies", "Yongquan Three Silks", etc.